April 28, 2026
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Ballerine API

Ballerine Launches New Scam & Fraud Detection API

Ballerine, a merchant risk and compliance platform for acquirers and payment service providers (PSPs), introduced to market its new agentic detection solution, the Scam & Fraud Detection API, that identifies high-risk merchants and fraud networks in less than 60 seconds before transactions occur. Historically, it has usually taken acquirers anywhere from days to weeks to […]

Arbitration

The Arbitration Illusion

We will address in this column why most merchants misunderstand what “fighting” a dispute actually means and when escalating to arbitration truly makes economic sense The key is that chargebacks are not resolved based on truth. They are resolved based on incentives. For years, merchants have treated disputes like courtroom battles. Present the facts. Provide […]